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Nurse Practitioner - Virtual Primary Care Bridge Program

Location: Worcester, MA/ Virtual
Facility: UMass Memorial Health
Department: General Internal Medicine
Schedule: PT - 20 hours

Position Summary:

Under the general supervision of the Bridge Clinic Medical Director physician, the APP is responsible for providing telehealth primary care medical services to ensure that the patient has access to interim care while awaiting their new patient appointment with a new UMass Primary Care Physician. These services include obtaining complete medical history and performing limited virtual physical examination; ordering and interpreting laboratory tests and imaging studies; closing care gaps; formulating a diagnosis and treatment plan; prescribing and/or dispensing medication; providing specialty referrals when appropriate, counseling patients and families. This is a remote position with flexible scheduling. Part-time opportunity available.

Major Responsibilities:

• Performs and documents a complete history and physical examination, including review of the available medical record, to formulate diagnoses and treatment plan.
• Orders and reviews appropriate laboratory tests and imaging studies.
• Requests consultations and communications with consultants.
• Prescribes oral or parenteral medication to outpatients in accordance with state law, UMMHC policy, and as provided in the Delineation of Privileges and Guidelines for Prescribing, which are in place for each individual Physician Assistant and Supervising Physician.
• Orders consultations for subspecialty care and allied health services, including speech, respiratory, and physical therapy.
• Provides counseling and teaching, related to the management and prevention of disease, for patients and family members.
• Actively maintains all required credentials, including state licensure, state-controlled substance registration, federal DEA registration, NCCPA certification, BLS and ACLS certification, as appropriate in each practice setting. This includes logging CME and completing re-certification examinations as required for maintenance of the NCCPA certificate.
• Serves as a resource for the teaching, training and orientation of students and colleagues. Participates in clinical research, and contributes to clinical conferences, rounds, and quality-control meetings, as appropriate in each practice setting.
• Promptly completes all outstanding medical records as required by the needs of each clinical service.
• Evaluates patient primary care clinic and when appropriate in person in outpatient clinic, accurately documenting each encounter, and communicating with the Supervising Physician according to UMMHC policy.
• Demonstrates a commitment to on-going quality improvement; complies with institutional and departmental policies and procedures; complies with health and safety regulations; performs other similar and related duties as required and directed.

Qualifications:

• A Masters degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program
• Eligible or current Massachusetts license, with national certification (ANCC, AANP, NCCPA, as applicable)
• Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration and federal DEA Controlled Substance Registration are required.
• Experience in Primary Care, ideally experience managing your own patient panel
• Experience with virtual care
• EPIC - medical record use as well as virtual care platform

Top Tier Benefits to Reflect Your Values and Needs.

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off with 11 paid holidays
• Practice/CME allowance
• Paid family and medical leave; short-term and long-term disability programs
• Tuition reimbursement, student loan forgiveness support, and PSLFeligible employment
• Concierge services for relocation
• Organization-wide commitment to formal Clinician Wellness Program

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Qualified candidates may contact Kimberly Levasseur, Provider Recruiter, at Kimberly.Levasseur@umassmemorial.org

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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